1. Marcus Furius Camillus captured the city of Veii in around 396BCE but a member of a famous Roman family was his second in command. Which family?
A)
a Claudius Marcellus
B)
a Cornelius Scipio
C)
a Julius Caesar
D)
a Fabius Maximus
2. One of Rome’s greatest foes, the Samnites had an elite corps that took its name from the tent in which the soldiers lived. What was it commonly called?
A)
Cloth Legion
B)
Grass Legion
C)
Linen Legion
D)
Wooden Legion
3. According to Diodorus Siculus, the wife of which Roman general during the First Punic War tortured two Carthaginian prisoners to death in revenge for the death of her husband?
A)
Marcus Atilius Regulus
B)
Publius Appius Claudius Pulcher
C)
Caius Lutatius Catulus
D)
Cnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina
4. Despite their opposition in the First Punic War, Rome and Carthage cooperated during the ‘Mercenary War’, with the Romans lending financial support to the Carthaginians. Due the brutality of this war, what is it also known as?
A)
Scourging of Africa
B)
Truthless War
C)
Conflict of Sorrow
D)
War of Blood
5. Despite having campaigned in Spain and then invaded Italy, remaining there for fifteen years, where did Hannibal Barca finally die and how?
A)
in Rome as the climax of Scipio Africanus’s triumph
B)
in battle at Zama
C)
assassinated in Syria by an agent of Antiochus
D)
committed suicide in Bithynia
6. Which future soldier statesman was thought to be dead after he pressed an attack on the routing army of King Perseus at Pydna in 168?
A)
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
B)
Aemilius Paullus
C)
Scipio Aemilianus
D)
Caius Gracchus
7. Which massive combined force defeated the armies of Cnaeus Papirius Carbo, Marcus Junius Silanus, Lucius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Aurelius Scaurus in a period of around ten years?
A)
Visigoths and Ostrogoths
B)
Marcomanni and Quadi
C)
Armenians and Parthians
D)
Cimbri and Teutones
8. Despite his huge victories against almost all the peoples of the east, Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus accidentally made sure that he had to endure the undying hatred of a certain group. Who and why?
A)
The Parthians, because he trampled over one of their standards with his horse
B)
The Armenians, because he killed their king through treachery
C)
The Jews, because he entered the Holiest of Holies
D)
The Cilicians, because he allowed pirates to raid their coast
9. “You are going to find many Mariuses in that boy.” About whom was Sulla talking about?
A)
Caius Julius Caesar
B)
Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus
C)
Quintus Sertorius
D)
Marcus Licinius Crassus
10. Julius Caesar’s legend was created with his invasion and subjugation of Gaul in the 50’sBCE but before that command became available where had he intended to win the personal glory he so very much wanted?
A)
By crossing the Danube and attacking the Dacian Kingdom of Burebista
B)
Tracing the route of the Nile into Ethiopia
C)
Following in the footsteps of Alexander by invading Parthia
D)
An expedition down the coast of Africa
